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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: North Korean Border Falling Down |
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I debated where to post this, but decided Off Topic was the best place.
Today's Chosun Ilbo has a fascinating short article about sneaking into a little piece of North Korea. From the sounds of it, the border is weakening.
"The charge for a group of four was 800 yuan (approximately W114,000, US$1=W1,010). Passengers also had to buy some 800 yuan worth of food and other goods. "The more cigarettes, sausage and juice you bring, the more you can enjoy your sightseeing,� the boatman said. �This tour is most popular among Chinese tourists." When the boat reached the midpoint of the river, we could see two North Korean naval vessels lying at anchor 50 m ahead of us. We clearly saw North Korean flags fluttering on them."
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200803/200803210014.html |
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tfunk

Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder if any Chinese will youTube their experience. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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It would be fascinating. |
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PGF
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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It's weird. Like a theme park,no, a zoo, with humans watching humans.... strange-e |
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cdninkorea

Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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tfunk wrote: |
I wonder if any Chinese will youTube their experience. |
Isn't YouTube banned in China? |
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igotthisguitar

Joined: 08 Apr 2003 Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:31 am Post subject: |
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cdninkorea wrote: |
tfunk wrote: |
I wonder if any Chinese will youTube their experience. |
Isn't YouTube banned in China? |
With the recent protests & subsequent "crack-down" in TIBET they took it off-line.
Interestingly i searched for TIBET & RIOTS on it last night, & what mostly came up at the top of the search was recently submitted,
quite painfully obvious pro-Chinese pro-PAGAN-da.
Clearly they have a few million agents busy at work  |
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